National Cyber Olympiad (NCO)

The National Cyber Olympiad (NCO) is now a global search competition that aims at nurturing cyber talent amongst the School going generation. It is as much about inspiring the younger kids to increase their knowledge and comprehension of issues related to computers as about testing their aptitude in these streams.

It is an international level competition focusing on Logical & Analytical, Mental Ability, Reasoning in computers and IT.

SOF NCO Syllabus and Marking Scheme

Class

Section

No. of Questions

Marks/Question

Total Marks

1 to 4

Logical Reasoning

5

1

5

Computers & IT

25

1

25

Achievers Section

5

2

10

Grand Total

35

40

5 to 12

Logical Reasoning

10

1

10

Computers & IT

35

1

35

Achievers Section

5

3

15

Grand Total

50

50

Schedule for 2019-2020 examination

The exam will be held on 28th November 2019 and 19th December 2019.

Benefits

Promotes awareness about computers education.

Early exposure to students which helps to take an early lead in a computer-oriented world.

Helps students to understand the latest technologies in a fast changing.

Section – 2 : Introduction to Computers, Parts of Computer, Uses of Computer, Keys and Keyboard, Computer Mouse, Starting and Shutting down the Computer, Introduction to MS-Paint, Latest Developments in the field of IT.

Section - 2: Fundamentals of Computer, General Information about Computers, Storage Devices, Parts of Computer, Uses of Computer, Input and Output Devices, Introduction to Internet, MS-Paint, Introduction to MS-Word (Opening, Closing, Saving and Printing a Word document, Components of MS-Word window, Editing commands like Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo and Redo, Moving in a document using Home and End Keys), Latest Developments in the field of IT.

Section – 2: History and Generation of Computers, Types of Computers, MS-Windows, MS-Word(Working with Charts and Tables, Using Page Layout tab, Arranging multiple windows of a document), MS-PowerPoint(Creating presentation using Animation, Custom Animation and Transitions, Creating new slides using Slides pane, Outline pane and Slides from Outline, Working with hand out and Notes Master, Arranging multiple windows of a presentations, Working with Charts and Tables), Internet & E-mail, Introduction to QBasic, Hardware, Software, Input & Output Devices, Memory & Storage Devices, Latest Developments in the field of IT.